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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1925)
SLOT-MACHINE OF THE STORMS By WILLIAM CALHOUN l br Snort Story full, Cu.l OOK, Wilson to wtiot I've found I" Uuwen held In the hind t hilling five-dollar gold plica which he hid Just picked up from the rock. We were cn our ennunl oullng. We bad run up the river In inmll steamer to the houd of navigation. In large rewboat, loaded wlih neccssury cnnip lug outfit, we laboriously continued our coune till we reached the wilder 'dm. Hits we found in old hunter and tripper named Ulhhons, with whom we rested for n night (llhlioni hid spent the evening telling tales of hli ad Ventures In tlint region. Just before retiring he told ui of the clllT it which were now suugly ramped. "You'll he apt to like It there. I'lirnty ef gumo end the beat fishln' along the river. A line iprlng ImliMIn' out o' the solid rock it the foot o' the cliff. Can't recommend you to a better plice. Always rump there when I'm 'up that way. Used to go there for 'money from the rocki," said Ulbbons, warming up to the occasion. "Kor ten jreira, ifter every ilorm, t found gold Colin scattered about on the flat rock I below tho cliff. Sometimes there was much, lotnetluiei only i little. I went often In mild weather, but nerer found gold except when a norm .hid pined over. Once I itiyed a month, but not a thing did I gvt till a ter rible wind came along, after which I found five ten-dollar gold plecee a bright at the blase In the fire there. and though I watched for two weeks I found nothing els. Another time, when a cyclone hnd gone through, I found three twenty-dollar pieces. ; Spent a week trylu' to explain the 'mystery, but hid to give It up. No human hsnd put that money there. It Just rained out o' the clouds. One dsy, when It wie blowln' a hurricane. I heard eomethlng strike the cliff, as If It hid been ihot from the iky; then !lt fell jingling on the rocks below. Known that to happen several times. Tor tea years It was ilwiye the same old story, money after a wind and noth in' any other time. Eight years sgn It stopped fallln' and, no matter how hard the wind blew, from that day to this no more money hss 'ever been found I guess It bss all rained out I'll take you there tomor row." For a half hour he answered the questions our curiosity prompted, and ' then we went to our cots. On the mor row Ulbbons guided OS to the spot and, promising to return In a week left us. We tied established our camp under shelter of the precipitous cliff which overhung the river, eaten our upper, and were leisurely strolling about admiring the minauttc surround ings, when How en found the money. Our surprise Is now easily understood. Under ordlnsry circumstances a man la surprised to find gold coins, but. with Ulbbons' strange tale frenh la our esrs, we stnred at each other In peechlcss amasement We looked the shining money over and over to make aura. We scanned the bald fare of the cliff, glanced at the wild forest and tba liver, peered Into the blue iky above, all In vnln. for some rlew as to the presence of the money. Then we tried for signs of recent human ; presence, but Done existed. We ieean-hrd for other coin but found no more. Finally, we went to our 1 couches In the tent, there to speculate and theorize on a possible explanation of the mystery, until, through Sheer exhaustion, we fell Into a flighty sleep. I The next morning Ilowen built a Are while I went to the spring for a pstl of water. On my way I passed the edge of the steep cliff and along over the rock floor, level and white aa a city pavement. I wns return Ing when my eye caught the glitter of a twenty-dollnr gold piece lying at my feet. In my excitement I called to Ilowen snd together we examined the rock thoroughly and found three pieces. As we had Investigated well the evening before. It wns clear the coins had srrtved In some manner dur ing the night. Thnt any humntr be ing would deliberately put them there, even had It seemed possible that one could be near enough, was prepos terous. We went around to the other ilde of the highland, from which we could reach the top of the iirr, where we found ourselves on a grassy level of porh ii i is in acre In area. It was a . wuuiui ni'in, i-uvnvu w mi im'i nnu singularly free from undergrowth. Hie aurfsce sloped gently away from the ledge, finally forming the floor of the t. ...... 1 1 '..I 1 ...111. . A dense forent In the rpur. , Gibbons had told us of an Indian trader nnmed Orootn who hid dwelt there In an early dny and whose house wis a favorite resort of Indians, trap pers, and overlund travelers for the Far West. When a lad, Gibbons had often seen the great Ing cabin full of strangers. At Inst the Indluna were removed to other lands, the overland route gradually changed to better paths, and Groom was deserted by his old customers. One day he was found dead. He was burled beneath his hearthstone, and then the locality lowly drifted back to Its primitive condition. All that remained of the kouse was a tall atone chimney, near the edge of the precipice, fly this old ruin stood the trunk of whut had once been a great sugsr tree. TOTJlIhg sfioiit fti plffl", TfOWelff, seomed to have any possible connec tion with the gold. The history of the spot gave no explanation of the pres ence of coins nt the base of the ledge fifty years Inter. Ilowen and I ex amined the chimney, but found naught save the rigged stones. The stubhy old sugnr tree by It creaked In the breexe. This forsuken acre furnished no trace at all, and we descended. Wa did Utile else for several days, except to fruitlessly Investigate and theorize. Vtrnngely, too, we found no more coins, though we watched per sistently. At the end of the week, according to promise, Gibbons arrived. He heard our experience with Interest on only one point, the fact that the phenom enon should recur after yean of ces sation. To our conjectures he paid little attention. "No use tryln'," said be skeptical ly, "I've Investigated every nook and cranny. Hpent ten years watchln' and prytn', off snd on, 'round this old heed land, crackln' my brain over the cause. Have sat all night and all day, more time than I'm years old, tryln' to dis cover the secret, and alt I aver learned was to hear the sudden Jingle of the metal when It struck the cliff In time of storm and rut tied down. It wssn't thrown from the top, for I've heard It while sitting at the foot of the chimney np there In broad daylight You may study It till you're old, and that's all you'll ever know." As we discussed the matter a gale began blowing. It grew stronger rapidly and was accompanied by the rumblings of dlstunt thunder. Huge blsck clouds spproached with fright ful velocity. In our location under the precipice, protected from the gnth ertng storm, we could watch the trees lash each other like whips. Suddenly, as If by msglc, two gold esglea dropped straight from the clouda overhead and rang resonantly on the stones near. No rhsnce this time for mlstsken senses, as throe of us wllnessed their descent. They came from the stortn lsden sky, no doubt at all about It Then came another and another, and following them a shower of coins. It seemed a doxen or more were Jingling around us. A fearful peal of tbuuder heralded a fresh burst of the angry elements and the wind raged with the fury of demons. We beard a deafening crash overhead and tha old chimney came tumbling In a heap to the foot of the cliff, the sugar tree with It' Then the velocity of the wind begsn to slscken, the sound of crashing timber ceased, and the Storm gradually subsided. When our fears were somewhat at layed we began to reoonnolter. Near the heap made by the fallen chimney we found a distorted tube, resembling the gutters and conductors placed at the eaves of houses. It wss battered. rusty and rotten with age and con talned several heaping handfuls of coins and a number of musty parch menu and papers. On exsmlulng the wreckage of the chimney we found that the tube had been carefully placed In a chamber specially arranged for lis reception. Two silts had rusted In the sides of the tin, ooe a few Inches from the bottom and the other higher up. It was evident that the heavy winds, shaking the augnr tree and the chimney, had made of the tube a nickel-lo-the-alot machine, by forcing cotne through the narrow apertures. After the coins bsd worked down to the level of the higher slot It was eight years before the second and loner ona rusted through, thus es using the dropping to resume. As the tube, by the weathering of the chimney. In? Inclined, It formed a sort of chute. A coin, once slipping through, slid along the apoutlng for a few Inches and finally shot over the precipice; having the appearance of coming from skyward. We found papers recording the hon orable dlsrhsrge of Malachl Groom as a veteran of the War of 1812, and a package ef letters written by his sweetheart, Cecilia HI I as, concerning whom we learned some strnnge fncts from a faded manuscript She had been raptured by the Indians. On Groom's dlacharge he hnd made diligent search and ascertained that she had perlahed at tha etuke a few feet from the old sugar tree. He gath ered the ashea and hurled them where the stake had stood and erected the atone chimney above the spot, adding to It the cabin thnt he might dwell near her resting place. On the will was the Indistinct signature of the old aoliller, bestowing the money to the Under, on condition that the let ters ha laid by Groom's side. Under Gibbons' guidance we reburled dte letters beneath the old hearthstone near which the aahes of his sweet heart bad reposed for ninety years. Apt Pupil Soma friends were chatting with Mrs. Carter, the energetic young ma tron who, more than any other one Individual, brought the Hollywood bowl Into existence. "You remember Hetty Stokes? Well, she went sbroad to study music and already she's en gaged to the son of a very wealthy man." Mrs. Carter smiled. "I'm not at all surprised at tha news," she sold, "for as I remember Hetty, she waa always very quick at picking up heirs. Exchange. Ptru'$ Match Monopoly Matches and similar products are under a government monopoly In Peru Tha manufacture and sola of these products, regardless of their class or condition, are under government super vision. Tha effect of tha monopoly Is not definitely known yet, aa It has not been established very long. DAIRY FACTS SANITARY FLOORS FOR DAIRY BARNS Sanitary floors are a first require ment to a cleanly dairy. Non-absorbent mnterlul and without crevices where dirt and filth can lodge Is recommended. It should be. easily washed and disinfected. In building a dulry barn floor, all rubbish and refuse within the enclo sure should be removed and the floor area graded to the required level, al lowing, of course, for the thickness of the floor. The soil should be thor oughly compacted.' If It Is possible for water to get under the floor at any time, this possibility should be re duced by uslug a All of clean gravel, cinders or crushed stone and provid ing suitable drainage. The gravel or cinder sub-base, If used, must be thoroughly compacted and consolidat ed by tamping or rolling. Forma for defining floor slabs, alley ways or other areus to be coiicieted should be of smooth In in her, rigidly braced In Una and carefully .set to proper grade. The monger curb Is usually placed first It should be not less than, four Inches thick and la usually made about six Inches high on tha stall side. Uprights supporting stanchions sre of several types. Some are attached to anchors which are set In the curb and others are embedded In the concrete. Feed and litter alleys are usually placed after the curb, then tha stall platform and manger era placed. , The length of atall platform, that Is, the distance from manger curb to gutter, will depend upon tha breed of cattle kept For Jerseys or Guern seys the average length Is about four feet eight Inches ; for Ilolstelns about five feet Is necessary. The platform should be pitched about one Inch from the curb toward the gutter. The surface of the manger should be finished smooth, with corners care fully rounded to make cleaning out easy and to provide a comfortable sur face for the animals to eat from. Lit ter and feed alleys should be flulabed with a wood float to secure an even but gritty surface, thus providing se cure footing for the anlmala. Good Appearing Cows Not Always Most Profitable In dairying It la entirely possible to get nothing for something. This Is the conclusion of the New Jersey state dairy speclallat after reviewing records of dslry herds In the Mercer County Cow-TesUng association. It was found that though some rows had unsatlul le appetites and good appearance tey were niggardly In their milk output, whereas other cows eating but little more would give four and one-half times aa much milk. Three cows ata 170 worth of feed apiece In one year and returned their owners 3,202 pounds of milk each. Two other cows each ate $103 worth of feed and gave, their owners 14,817 pounds of milk each. Thus, for 11 times aa much feed the good cows gave four and one half times as much milk. By calculating further, tha special ist found that It cost the owners of the poor cows $2.40 In feed for each 100 pounds of milk, sgainat $1.13 for an equal amount of milk from the good cows. When labor, bonding and haulage expenses were added, It was found that the cost of producing 100 pounds of milk with the poor cows wss grester than prevailing sale prices. Hence, these low-yleldlng anl mala were eating up the profits made on the high-producers. This is a clear case, concludes the state specialist, of wasting feed, labor and barn space on worthless cows, or of getting nothing for something. Save Young Live Stock to Increase Net Profit Cutting dowu the high and costly death rate among Infant live stock Is one of t)i farm problems for which the farmer must apply the solution himself. The causes of early deaths In live stock fall Into three general classes : L Conditions little Influenced by treatment ; Malformation, extreme feebleness or extreme prematurity, certain accidents during birth. 2. Conditions capable of consider able reduction, chiefly through proper hygiene sanitary isolation, and medi cal treatment; Tuberculosis, acute rosplrntory diseases, certain acuta contagious diseases, soma forma of animal parasitism, 8. Conditions capable of a very great reduction through proper feed ing, care, and sanitation Acute gas trointestinal discuses, goiter troubles, prematurity (If not extrerao), many forma of animal parasitism. Failure to Breed Failure of cows to breed may be due to ona of many causes. The chief cause, however, Is Infection with con tagious abortion. This disease brings about changes in the maternal orgnns which make conception either uncer tain or entirely Impossible. The treat ment consists of manual manipulation of the uterus and ovarlea and regular Irrigation. A cure can b brought about only by a prolonged course of treatment at a considerable expense to tba owner. fcfcL ' ROAD UPKEEP COST ELEVEN MILLIONS Ohio will spend close to $11,000,000 this year In the upkeep of the 10,000 miles of Inter-county highways desig nated as atate routes. Of this amount, slightly over $1,000,000 will be derived from county funds, while the remain der will come from state funds. In addition to the $11,000,000 for maintenance, $124,000,000 Is to be spent In new highway construction through the combined efforts 'of fed eral, state and county governments. This combined maintenance and construction cost totaling $23,400,000 does not represent the total expendi ture on Ohio highways for the year, for It does not take Into account tens of thousands of dollars spent by coun ties and townships In the upkeep of roads of lesser Importance. Neither) does It take Into account the expendi tures of cities In paving and maintain ing their streets, many of which or ui; d I,)- thr.iu-!i tnir.c. There are 83,000 miles of public roads In Ohio outside of municipalities and 12,000 miles of streets In Ohio cities. Out of totnl thoroughfare mile age of 07,000 miles In the slute, 10, W0 miles comprise the Inter-county high way system, 6,000 miles of which are kept up by the state. When the budget was made up for the maintenance and repair of state highways, the availability of gaa tax funds w ss not yet assured, so the bud get waa based on funds outside tha revenue from the new 2 -cent tax on fuel. Gas tax money has begun to come Into tbe state treasury so that at present there Is available $1,700,000 more for maintenance and repnlr of highways ilan tbe budget estimate took Into account The gaa tax revenue will be used In various places over the state ss It Is needed at points not already provided for In the budget It J. Kirk, chief en gineer of the bureau of maintenance and repairs, en Id. In 1020, Kirk esti mates, there will be still more money available. Ohio Is enabled to spend nearly twice as much for the maintenance of state routes In 102S as It was In 1!)21 and more than $4,000,000 more tban It was able to spend In 1D24. The Increased expense Is necessary, Kirk points out because the state Is now confronted with tbe proposition of rebuilding roads constructed years am, and now worn out or Inadequate for present-day traffic. Wider Roads Are Needed to Handle Motor Flood The marked congestion of motor vehicles on roads and streets, together with tho fact that automobile fac tories have been turning out cars faster thun crews hsve been, building pavement enough to park them, has elicited a lively discussion of the smaxtng growth and tbe future of tha sutomotille. With a registration of 17,500,000 cars In the United States snd a factory output In 1024 amount ing to 4.0U0.0O) cars, tbe problem as sumes proportions of first magnitude. Aa the Glens Tails (X. I.) Post-Star views the situation "there ran be but one answer to the question more roads, and that means, very largely wider roads." Quoting further: "The tnsk of road building which started with the advent of the auto mobile hna only begun. It will not be ended for year to come. There Is no other solution. The Increase of au tomobiles cannot be stopped. People will buy them and run them as long as they have money. Tbe highways must be expanded to accommodate the traf fic. Traffic cannot be cut down to fit the highways. It Is fast overburden ing them. The program of road build ing must be hastened to keep pace with traffic, or confusion will ensue." The Engineering News-Record, a leading engineering construction jour nal, believes that no one can see the congestion In our city streets and on our country highways without realis ing that "the saturation point of auto mobile production la not going to be measured by the purchasing power of the people but by the capacity of our highways" and advises the automobile manufacturer to do all he can to heir get new ronds and streets If be wsnts to keep his market for automobiles unimpaired; Surface for Earth Roads Development of earth roads will be the subject of a nation-wide Investiga tion to be conducted under the aus pices of the highway research board. Prof. 8. 8. Steinberg of the University of Maryland has been made acting secretary of the Investigation. The object Ss to find an Inexpensive sur face that will carry Intermediate traf fic at low construction and mainte nance cost To Relieve Traffic In order to relieve motor traffic be tween New York city and Washington, D, 0 tbe Le Highway association perfected plans for a wide boulevard connecting the Arlington Memorial bridge to be erected over the Potomac and tha bridge which Is to be erected over tha Hudson river connecting Man hattan Island and New Jersey at One Hundred and Seventy-eighth street In New York city. Ollicluls of the asso ciation are already conferring with government officials on tha subject. PORTI A lin vAwAJjrww Portland, Oregon. Better Franklin Service-Storage and General Repairing ANDERSON & RICE, 404 Get Your Buffalo Now. Washington, D. C Any person who can catch a buffalo bull from the herd In Yellowstone park may have him If he pays tbe cost. This Includes, be side express charges to Us new home, an expense of about $80 for crating and transporting from the buffalo range to Gardiner, Mont, the ship ping point. The government sold 80 of Its surplus stock last year and this year has about 100 more to spore. World's Oldest Umbrella. The oldest umbrella la the world stilt In the same condition as when it s bouiht. Including the cover, la In Uij i.n -..iVn cf a resident of Hobart In Tasmui.iu. Tbo umbrella was bought In 1770 by a man named Wil liam Clevett In tha county of Dorset Kngluud, wi,u emigrated to Tasmania. It has been banded down from genera tion to generation and still belongs to a descendant of the first owner. Californla'a Bosst Sixty per cent of the flower-seed crop of the entire world Is raised In California; more than a hundred tona of nasturtium seed alone are grown every year. It all the sweetpea seeds raised there were distributed to every man, woman and child In the coun try, each one would have a fifteen foot row In the garden, and there would still bo several hundred tona for export purpose. "Chinook Wind" This Is a name given to a strong. warm wind and dry south or west wind descending the eastern slopes of the Cocky mountains Into Montana and Wyoming, evaporating or melting the snow and bringing great relief In cold weather. Tbe name was probably given It because it blew from the ter ritory occupied by tbe Chinook In dians. Observant Johnny. "Now, boys,'' said the school-teacher. "the word novelette means 'a abort tale.' You may now write a sentence containing the word." 'A few minutes later be picked np Johnny Brown's effort, and read aloud: "Yesterday I saw a fozterrler running down our street with a tin can tied to his novel ette." Exalted Courage, True courage la cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying Insolence; and In the very time of danger are found the most serene and free. Rage, we know, can make a coward forget himself and fight But what la done In fury or anger can never be placed to the ac count of courage. Hail Only In 8ummer. Scientista declare that no true bail- storm was ever recorded in any sea son but summer. The strange tact Is that the hotter the "day the bigger the hailstones will be and that semi- tropical countlres may have the largest of all during tbe few atorms there. Store Welt Protected. Fifty miles of wire are used In the burglar alarm system of a store In London, Cruel, . A tremendously tat man stepped on a piece of orange peel, floundered about and finally fell Into the road. He was arrested for giving a street performance wtihout a license. Lon don Answers. 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Ontfoa ACEYTS WAXTED to SELL" CHICKS Malt money next year aell Inic the t-Ht chirk hMtr-hert In tho N. W. 18 yr.ar' repu tation for quality anil fair d.-jilinff. Writ now fur our -lllnK plan. QUEEN I IATCI IIZ RY. Jnv Tod4 l0 IITAVINbl IIATTLI Anlmala and Blood. Tbe popular belief that blood pro duces Intense irritntlon or excitement In cattle baa been put to the test. Tbe blood of both horses and cowa waa brought before the animals, but they remained Indifferent or only, mildly Interested, showing nothing of tbe re ported alarm or anger. It la conclud ed that tha excitement witnessed by the cattlemen was not t roused by the blood but by something accompanying it, such as tbe sight of wounded com panions, or their cries of pain. Two "Pipes of Pan." The Pipe of Pan was called tha Syrinx, the legend being that the water nymph Syrinx was changed Into a reed to escape from Pan, who loved her. He took the reed, cut it into seven pieces of graduated length, joined them together and fashioned tbe In strument which he called by her name. Blacksmith and Scholar. "The Learned Blacksmith' was the title popularly given Elihu Burritt of New Britain, Conn. He was a linquist. a writer and a social reformer. He was the author of aeveral volumes. He died In 1879. Fsst-Moving Planet, Jupiter's diameter Is about ten timea that of our earth, but so quickly does it spin that a day there lasts only nine hours and fifty minutes. - Overcoming Troubles. Troubles may never come singly, but in meeting one trouble experience is gained for taking care of another, if the law of compensations were bet ter understood disappointments would be less keen. Tbe Lord tempers the wind to the shorn lamb In more waya than one. Grit. '-V.t K- 15 rr . 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